It has been almost a year since she married in Lushan Village. Su Yuewei is quite familiar with the situation in Lushan Village. This village is as poor as the nearby villages. It is good to have one meal of meat a month on weekdays. Most of the villagers can only celebrate the New Year.
Only then was he willing to cut off a pound of meat and bring it back to satisfy his craving.
This year, because Su Yueling spent money to find someone to build a house, they have much more money than in previous years, but at most they can only eat meat in the first three days of the New Year. Wherever they can, they can still eat big meat on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Especially with the rich smell
The meat is fragrant, so I know it may have been cooked a lot this time.
Su Yuewei looked at the fish on the kitchen. This fish was also their only meat dish today. She walked for almost an hour in the snow and ice to dig it in the river.
Since October, Cheng Wang has given her less money for her family, saying that she wants to save money to prepare for the provincial examination and next year's general examination. This is related to whether she can be an official wife in the future, so Su Yuewei naturally has to give her full support. But the money is less.
, the quality of life at home has declined. In the past, there was one tael a month, but now it is only 500 taels a month. In order to let her buy new year's goods, I gave her a few more taels of silver before the Chinese New Year. Su Yuewei gave her the bulk of the money.
If you want to make new clothes out of silk, you can only buy less meat.
She marinated the fish and went out to inquire about it with her neighbors.
Although people in Lushan Village now know what kind of virtue Su Yuewei is, they can't kick her out when she comes to visit her with a gentle smile and a few oranges to celebrate the New Year. It's still unlucky to do this during the New Year.
Not to mention that Zhang Chengwang is still a scholar. Even if they dislike them in their hearts, they will not really offend their family.
"Our family is stewing goose meat. I even went out to buy some aniseed ingredients. It cost me more than ten cents. But this goose meat is freshly killed, so it is a luxury once in a while."
But it was impossible to keep Su Yuewei to eat. The meat was not enough for the family.
goose?
"Are other people cooking goose meat too?" When the neighbor heard this, he knew that Su Yuewei must not have received the gift of goose meat. Tsk tsk, obviously Su Yuewei, as Su Yueling's cousin, should have been the first one to take advantage of it. But it happened.
She sought her own death and turned her good sisters into enemies.
"That's right, you don't know, right? This goose meat is a gift from Yueling. Every household has it. Our family has a large population, so Yueling directly sent a whole goose over, and the goose weighed eight kilograms.
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If the average family had one goose, how many big geese would they have to buy? And she actually gave them to the whole village, except for the Zhang family. This was obviously a deliberate attempt to embarrass her.
Although she did do things that were wrong to her before, she didn't really suffer a loss, and she also apologized. It's been so long, and she is still brooding about it, which is too narrow-minded.
Su Yuewei's heart felt like it was tied up by invisible vines, and she was throbbing in pain.
In order to prepare for next year's imperial examination, their family had to cut down on food and clothing, but Su Yueling had enough money to send big geese to the whole village.
It's very uncomfortable.
The neighbor also deliberately said: "Yue Ling is really a down-to-earth person. She will give ten points to anyone who treats her well. If I had a cousin like this, I would laugh out of my dreams."
"From the Chengwang family, I really envy you."
Su Yuewei, who was envied, couldn't hold back her expression and left in a bit of embarrassment.
She comforted herself that goose and fish were both meat, and the fish was no worse than goose when it was ready.
Su Yuewei usually leaves meat and eggs for others to eat when she eats, so when the quality of the food deteriorates, she is the one the family can adapt to the most. Zhang Chengwang knows that the money he gives to the family is not much, and no one will wrong Su Yuewei if he feels wronged.
I don't think anything of it.
Because Zhang Wanli is currently being raised by his brother and sister-in-law, he is relatively self-aware and won't say anything. But Zhang Xinghua couldn't stand it immediately.
She originally thought that after her brother became a scholar, she would be able to follow him in the world of fame and fortune. However, her status in the village failed to improve. Wu Xiuming, whom she originally admired, was sentenced and expelled from the Wu family. She was unable to marry into the Wu family and enjoy wealth.
On weekdays, Su Yuewei even used chicken feathers as arrows and had her pricked with needles every day.
She originally thought she had been wronged enough, but it turned out that during the Chinese New Year, she couldn't even afford mutton or pork. She only had fish caught in the river every day. What Zhang Xinghua hated to eat the most was fish. Others who were far inferior to her family ate it.
Got goose meat.
Old and new grudges came to the fore. When she saw the only meat dish on the table, Zhang Xinghua was so angry that she turned the table over. The freshly cooked soy sauce fish and the plate were smashed to the ground, and the porcelain plate broke on the spot.
Zhang Xinghua said bitterly: "You don't even give me a piece of meat during the Chinese New Year. How on earth do you manage to be the head of the family, sister-in-law?"
"If you don't know how to be the head of the family, find someone else. Doesn't my brother give you money every month? Are you secretly hiding your private money? Okay, I knew you had second thoughts."
Zhang Wanli, who really likes fish, was stunned and said with an angry look on his face: "Sister, why are you crazy? If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it. What are you doing to harm the good fish?"
Zhang Xinghua rubbed her neck, "I'm not wrong. When did our family get to the point where we only have fish and meat to eat during the Chinese New Year? She must have hid all the money given by her eldest brother."
Zhang Xinghua felt that instead of letting Su Yuewei take care of the house, it would be better for her to be the housekeeper. In this way, she could not only buy what she likes to eat, but also hide a little money every month, so that she could use it as a dowry in the future.
Su Yuewei felt extremely wronged. Not only did her housekeeper not hide any money, but she often made connections to support the family. She did not treat Zhang Xinghua badly either. During the Chinese New Year, she herself wore cheesecloth, while Zhang Xinghua wore fine cotton.
Zhang Chengwang had a dark face, he was the one who gave the family money, so he naturally knew the inside story.
"That's enough. I told your sister-in-law to buy less. Look at you, you're like a pig. You've been studying for so long and you can't even embroider a purse. All you can think about is eating. If you don't want to eat, don't eat.
." He turned to Su Yuewei and told Su Yuewei, "Don't do her share in the future. If she is so capable, then buy her own meat."
If this sister is half as worried as Yuan Baoshu next door, she will recite the Buddha's name.
After hearing this, Su Yuewei felt better. Fortunately, Cheng Wang was sensible and stood on her side.
Having such a troublesome sister made Zhang Chengwang so angry that he couldn't even eat and went straight back to his study.
Zhang Xinghua saw this and was very worried that he would be hungry if he didn't eat. Forget it, when Cheng Wang wanted to eat, she would give him dumplings to eat. There were still more than 20 dumplings left on New Year's Eve, and she kept
Save it to prepare a midnight snack for Cheng Wang.
There was still light snow falling outside the house. Because the window was open, the wind carried the snow and drifted in. Even though the stove was burning in the house, it was still so cold that he shivered. But Zhang Chengwang had no intention of closing the window.
He hoped that if Miss Ashu passed by, he could see her immediately.
A weak person like her had to endure a lot of hardships while serving an arrogant and willful person like Su Yueling. After selling a few more poems, he already had a hundred taels of silver in his hand.
One hundred taels should be enough to redeem Miss Ashu's life.
Zhang Chengwang waited and waited until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and finally the girl Ashu came into the city.
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I will update three times in the past few days, and I will update again when things at home are busy.